May

Blog Posts in May, 2015

On Wednesday, May 27, 2015, a two-vehicle accident occurred on northbound Interstate 43 in Hales Corners. One of the vehicles collided with a tree, while the other vehicle ended up submerged in a pond. Motorist Jacob Saxton was driving down the freeway with his girlfriend when he witnessed the accident. Mr. Saxton checked on one of the vehicle’s passengers. After determining that passenger was all ...

On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed a bill passed by the legislature that will increase the maximum speed limit in the state from 65 mph to 70 mph. Under the new law, the speed limit can be raised only on four-lane roads that have entrance and exit ramps. According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (“DOT”), the plan is to raise the speed limit to 70 mph ...

INTRODUCTION As a law enforcement officer, you will come in contact with people in a wide variety of contexts. Some encounters are much like ordinary social or business contacts. In some situations, however, your duties may require you to exert control over people by giving them orders, directing their movement, or even taking them into custody. Your goal always is to get subjects to comply ...

Fortunately for a Greenfield couple, they were on vacation in Florida when a SUV crashed into their home and wound up in their kitchen. According to a Greenfield Police Department report, the 70-year-old driver of the SUV blacked out while driving, and when his wife who was in the passenger seat tried to wake him up, he was unresponsive. Eventually the vehicle crashed into a shed and then into a ...

Back in December 2009, Rhiannan Wolf was a passenger in a vehicle that was involved in an automobile accident. Following the accident, Ms. Wolf recovered $250,000 under the vehicle driver’s underinsured motorist insurance policy. Ms. Wolf then sought additional underinsured motorist coverage under her insurance policy. Because Ms. Wolf’s underinsured motorist policy had the same $250,000 limit as ...